Politifact.com: Stories mentioning Ron Wydenhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/ron-wyden/Stories or blog posts about Ron Wyden from Politifact.comen-usThu, 04 Sep 2014 09:26:13 -0400Campaign cash in Oregon: Will GOP candidates outspend Democrats?http://www.politifact.com/oregon/article/2014/sep/04/campaign-cash-oregon-will-gop-candidates-outspend-/U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., took the stage at Oaks Park in Portland on Labor Day before a large contingent of enthusiastic Democrats. In outlining the challenge ahead, he told the crowd, &quot;Every one of our candidates will be outspent&quot; this election. His remarks, delivered in such a blue state as Oregon, caught&nbsp;PolitiFact Oregon&#39;s attention. We aren&#39;t putting them to the Truth-O-Meter, because one of our hallmarks is that we don&#39;t evaluate predictions. However, Wyden&#39;s comment shines a bright light on the role campaign finance is playing in this election. So we contacted a number of campaigns and campaign finance ... <a href="/oregon/article/2014/sep/04/campaign-cash-oregon-will-gop-candidates-outspend-/">>>More</a>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:26:13 -0400http://www.politifact.com/oregon/article/2014/sep/04/campaign-cash-oregon-will-gop-candidates-outspend-/In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecyhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/jun/06/context-wyden-udall-letters-government-secrecy/Are the phone records of millions of Americans being compiled in a secret government database? A court order disclosed by the British newspaper The Guardian newspaper on June 5 seems to point in that direction. The order, signed by Judge Roger Vinson of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in April, directs Verizon to turn over phone records daily to the National Security Agency. (Vinson is a Florida federal court judge who ruled the health care law unconstitutional in 2011.) The basis for the order: section 215 of the Patriot Act, the law that gave the government new powers after the ... <a href="/truth-o-meter/article/2013/jun/06/context-wyden-udall-letters-government-secrecy/">>>More</a>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:42:36 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/jun/06/context-wyden-udall-letters-government-secrecy/Mad Money: The AIG editionhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/mar/18/mad-money-aig-edition/AIG got Congress &mdash; and the public &mdash; hopping mad this week, with news that executives at the failing company pulled down $165 million in retention bonuses on March 15. President Obama ordered Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to find a way to get the money back, while the U.S. House of Representatives summoned CEO Edward Liddy for testimony. Here at PolitiFact, we found riches of our own with all the statements being thrown around. This week's offerings include: &bull; AIG will give $57 million in "retention payments" to people it actually intends terminate, said Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. We ... <a href="/truth-o-meter/article/2009/mar/18/mad-money-aig-edition/">>>More</a>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:39:40 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/mar/18/mad-money-aig-edition/